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CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday appeared to defend Antifa Tuesday night, praising the group as "fighting racist fascists" while adding "no organization is perfect" in acknowledging the group's violent past on his primetime program. "It says it right in the name: Antifa. Anti-fascism, which is what they were there fighting," Lemon said in reference to clashes between neo-Nazis and Antifa members in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017. "Listen, no organization is perfect. There was some violence. No one condones violence, but there were different reasons for Antifa and for these neo-Nazis to be there," Lemon continued. "One, racists, fascists, the...

Former talk-show host Phil Donahue on Saturday reflected on President Trump's administration, calling it "the darkest political moment in American history." “This is the darkest political moment in American history,” Donahue said on MSNBC Saturday. “Who’s going to argue that?”

The musician-turned-activist reckons the world will end in 2030 - leading to the extinction of humankind. Sir Bob, 61, based his miserable prediction on the effects of climate change. “The world can decide in a fit of madness to kill itself," he told a group of youngsters at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. “We may not get to 2030. We need to address the problem of climate change urgently” Sir Bob Geldof The former Boomtown Rats singer also warned "the next war will not be a World War One or a World War Two, it will be the end."...

Ice Age warmth wiped out lemmings, study findsBy Michelle Warwicker BBC Nature 26 November 2012 Last updated at 22:07 Lemmings became "regionally extinct" five times due to rapid climate change during the last Ice Age, scientists have found. **SNIP** Instead the tests revealed that genetically distinct populations of lemmings were "present at different points in time" during the Late Pleistocene, 11,700 to around 126,000 years ago, meaning that the lemming population had been wiped out multiple times and then re-colonised some time after, possibly from populations in eastern Europe or Russia. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the...

These are words I never thought I’d have to write: William F Buckley Jnr,I’m sorry.Actually,my apology isn’t really directed towards that titan of modern conservatism;he’s galloping proudly across the eternal range with the Gipper. It’s more a mea culpa to my good friends at National Review,who have kept Buckley’s flame flourishing during the long days and dark nights of the Obama administration.Yesterday,I let them down. In this piece admiring the strange beauty of the US electoral college,I wavered. Or at least,I gave columnist John O’Sullivan the impression that I had finally allowed the cold needle of doubt to pierce my...

Ronnie Chapman has hidden away his American flag for much of the past eight years. "I felt it was no longer a symbol of the country I love, but of Bush and support for his war," said the 48-year-old pharmacist from Cary. "The first thing I did the morning after the election was take it from my den and fly it proudly in front of my house."

Lohan gets political on blog, sounds off on Palin Tue Sep 2, 5:44 PM ET NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan is getting political. The 22-year-old actress took to her MySpace blog Tuesday to post her thoughts on Republican John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and the revelation that Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. "I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else — and (I) keep hearing about the issues related to `teen pregnancy.' ... Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know...

The Wellstone Memorial and Historic Site opened to the public Sunday, drawing an appreciative crowd of supporters -- and the late senator's famous green bus, of course -- to a remote, wooded area near Eveleth where the plane carrying the senator and seven others crashed in October 2002. For most of the crowd Sunday, it was their first glimpse of the area where Sen. Paul Wellstone; his wife, Sheila; their daughter, Marcia Markuson; three campaign staffers, and two pilots died. They read the markers and walked the grounds with a mix of sadness and smiles. "I didn't know how I'd...

CLINTONS SEND BACK $14,000 BIKE TO LENO Former American President BILL CLINTON refused a $14,000 (GBP7,775) get-well present from American TV programme THE TONIGHT SHOW, because accepting it would break US Senate rules. Presenter JAY LENO arranged for the tandem bicycle to be sent to Clinton, who is recovering from bypass surgery. But it was swiftly returned because Clinton's wife HILLARY is senator for New York and it is illegal for her to accept gifts valued at more than $50 (GBP28). An insider says, "What is weirder - that Jay Leno can reach in his pocket for a $14,000 gift,...